The year is 2088, and you are a detective assigned to the //Virutal Reality Program//. A program dedicated to cold cases. Due to a breakthrough in the program, you are able to witness a reanimiation of a victim's last 15 minutes. You are about to enter into Abigail Smart's mind. It is up to you to determine what really happened to Abigail. Think of that as you make your way through her last moments.
[[Lets get started.]]You are now about to witness the world inside of Abigail Smart's last 15 minutes. It is up to you to find the answers to the mystery surround her death. Base your decisions and choices on that premise. However, you must remember to make sure the relationships that you are making are productive and meaningful towards the story. Somebody has the answer to this cold case. Find out who. Remember.... ''never'' attempt to change the past.
[[Charge your cell phone in the car before entering.]]After a couple of minutes, you pull the phone off of the charger. You check the percentage; 10%. Use the battery wisely. As you walk up to the door, you notice Abigail's boyfriend is aggressively speaking to another classmate, Justine, who appears to be crying.
[[Eavesdrop]]
[[Interrupt them]]As you get closer, a distinct smell of //blueberry// hits your face. It appears to be coming off of Justine. As you listen to the conversation, you can only make out one single line; "make your choice".
[[Confront them.]]Abigail's boyfriend, Tommy, jumps backwards in shock as Justine runs away in tears. You notice that the //blueberry// smell seems to fade away as Justine runs into the house. Tommy physically pushes his way past you and gets into a Red Mustang that is parked on the front lawn.
[[Follow the car and check the license plate.]]As you walk over to Marcy, a young girl, Brianna, bumps into you. Her drink spills onto the ground. She scoffs at you and continues to stare at you with her strange but meaningful cat-like eyes.
[[Apologise and offer to get the girl another drink.]]Your boyfriend, Tommy, hears you walking towards him and smiles awkwardly as he walks up to you. You look to see Justine's reaction but she has vanished. Tommy pleads with you about this all being "a misunderstanding". However, his heart rate seems to be racing.
[[Demand the truth.]]
[[Leave him and go into the party from the side door.]]After a minute of running, you catch up to the Red Mustang which is leaving the neighborhood. However, you can't quite make out the license plate. This decision has caused you to lose a couple minutes off the 15-minute clock.
[[Sprint back to the house.]]Tommy begins to sarcastically laugh. Suddenly, his phone begins to ring. He turns his head from you as he answers the phone. You can't make out all the words but you can hear, "20 a gram".
[[Ask him about dealing drugs.]]As you enter the side door, Logan, the 17-year old who lives at the house and has thrown the party, approaches you. Logan thanks you for coming to the party and strictly forbids you to "go upstairs".
[[Promise him that you won't go upstairs.]]
[[Ask him why it is so important.]]As you make it back to the house, you can see something horrible taking place inside of a car. As you get closer to the car, the cries from the girl begin to get louder. You can hear the boy screaming at her to shut up.
[[Help the girl.]]Tommy decides to open up to you. He begins to tell you of the fee given to students who want to be part of the high-school baseball team. His parents are unable to give him the money so he has to earn it through selling marijuana. The plan isn't rock-solid but there seems to be some honesty in his eyes.
[[Thank him for his honesty.]]
[[Ask why Justine ran away as you approached.]]Tommy approves of your response. You can sense in his face that this is something he does often. There is definitely a darkness that appears to be present in Tommy. But is he a murderer?
[[Time to enter the party with Tommy.]] He tells you that Justine has been depressed lately. He tells her that he is unsure of why Justine is bothering him. Eventually, Tommy tells you of a spring fling he had with Justine in their freshman year. Because of the fling, he has stayed friends with Justine over the past couple years.
[[You are lying.]]
[[Okay.]]Logan thanks you for understanding and tells you where to find the alcohol. As you watch Logan walk away, you check your timer which shows the //Time of Death// closing in on ten minutes. As you pick your head up, you notice a smart-looking boy walking by a group of misfits. He seems to have a look of "consent", which appears out of place in a house full of drinking teenagers.
[[Ask him who he is.]]Logan smiles and puts his hands into his pockets. He motions to you to get closer to him as he explains he has a secret to tell you. He slowly puts his lips to your ear and whispers, "....none of your fucking business". He laughs and walks away.
[[Asshole.]]As you approach him, he greets you with a smile and handshake. He tells you that his name is "Jacob", but that he is also known as "the wizard".
[[Why do people call him that?]]He quietly laughs to himself as he looks around the party. He begins to softly speak as he watches people pass him. Jacob says, "I know all their secrets". As you continue to talk to him, you notice Abigail's best-friend Marcy, waving you over.
[[Ask Jacob for proof.]]
[[Walk over to Marcy.]]He tells you a few minor secrets involving students in their class. After the stories, he asks you a very important question. He tells you to name one person that you would like to know the most important detail about. However, you can only ask him once. Whose secret would you like to know?
[[Tommy]]
[[Justine]]
[[Abigail(yourself)]]Suddenly, the cat-like eyes begin to settle. The girl introduces herself as the "girl everyone hates". After you quickly help her clean up the alcohol off the floor, she asks you is she can talk to you in private.
[[There is no time.]]
[[Yes, let's talk.]]You quickly leave Brianna and begin to look over the house. Your detective nature begins to take hold of you. The murder takes place upstairs in the next few minutes.
[[Search upstairs]]She motions you out the side-door and onto the lawn. After waiting another minute for the crowd to dispurse around her, she finally gets ready to tell the story. As she is about to begin, Abigail's boyfriend, Tommy, screams at you from across the lawn. He asks you to come over to him.
[[Tell Brianna to wait one minute.]]You walk over to Tommy who is smoking weed. He laughs and tells you to "stop talking to that freak". He stumbles his way into his car. You turn around and walk back towards the side of the house.
[[Go back to Brianna.]]Suddenly, Tommy clinches his fist as he looks at you. Before you can react, another boy screams "Tommy!" out loud. Tommy looks over at the boy, who is seemingly his friend, and smiles. He unclinches his fist before whispering something in your ear; "stay the fuck out of my business". Tommy laughs and walks away with his buddy. They drive away in a blue chevrolet. You look down at your timer; eight minutes.
[[Rush into the party.]]He smiles and puts his arm around Abigail. He seems to sigh with relief as you both walk into the party. He whispers in your ear; "let's just enjoy this goddamn party."
[[Time to enter the party with Tommy.]]As you enter with Tommy, you notice a rush of people that come storming over to you. Most of them are high-fiving Tommy as his alcoholic friends ask Tommy to join them outback. Tommy asks for your permission to leave your side.
[[Yes, piss off.]]
[[No, I am feeling a tad unfortable.]]You look at your timer and notice that there are only five minutes remaining after you get into the party. You must use the last few minutes wisely. You notice a strange boy motioning you over to him. He claims to have "exactly what you need". Unfortunately, you are going to have to believe him.
[[Go outside.]]Tommy is currently the biggest drug dealer in the state.
[[Remember the information and continue on.]] Jacob whispers into your ear a very important secret. He tells you of a major change in Justine's life that has caused her to change her life. Her pregnancy.
[[Remember the information and continue on.]]He tells you of the suicide that Abigail tried to carry out last month. Obviously, the suicide attempt was not successful but it adds to the mystery of Abigail's life. Unfortunately, Abigail hid this information from her parents so the suicide attempt was not listed in Abigail's police file.
[[Remember the information and continue on.]] As you remember the information, you look down at the timer. The timer has five minutes remaining. You remember that the murder takes place upstairs in the bathroom.
[[Head to the bathroom]]Unfortantely, Brianna is gone. You look around outside but can't find her anywhere.
[[Continue to search for Brianna outside.]]
[[Rush into the party.]] You finally find Brianna in the backyard. You look at your timer which shows four minutes remaining. She tells you of Justine's pregnancy. You shutter at the information until Brianna tells you about the rape. Before she can finish, your timer begins to go off. You have one minute until the //Time of Death//.
[[Go upstairs.]]Tommy rushes into the backyard as his calvary follows him. The house suddenly almost seems peaceful. For a second, you forget where you are. Suddenly, the timer states the //Time of Death// is close to five minutes away. However, you have struggled to find many pertinent details at the moment. Suddenly, you notice Tommy's best-friend, Simon, sitting quietly on the chair.
[[Approach him.]]Tommy shrugs his shoulder and laughs. He tells his friends to bring the "alcohol to him". You and Tommy both go sit on the couch. Suddenly, your phone begins to vibrate. A number that isn't programmed into Abigail's phone has asked you to "come upstairs".
[[Excuse yourself and go upstairs.]]
[[Ask Tommy if he knows the number.]]Simon had a look of "terror" on his face. After a couple of minutes of quietness, Simon begins to tell you of a secret that is haunting him. He tells you about the rape of Justine. Simon tells you how Tommy confided in him and told him about the night and how you(Abigail) even heard about the rape about a week ago. However, time has run out.
[[Time to die.]]As you walk upstairs, you notice that there doesn't appear to be any lights on. This takes you a couple of minutes as you search the rooms. You continue to walk through the main hall when you notice the bathroom light being on.
[[Open the door.]]
[[Go back downstairs.]]Tommy's face begins to become "red". He shrugs his shoulders at you but his face tells you another story. He's hiding something. There has to be something about that number that can tell you the mystery to this murder and the reason for the crime. Time is running out!
[[Plead with him for the answers.]]
[[Grab his neck and demand the truth.]]As you open the door, you quickly search the bathroom and don't find anyone in there. Before leaving, you notice your timer suddenly //beeping//. However, before you turn around, a piece of mirror is shoved into your neck as you fall into the bathtub.
[[Try to turn around.]]
[[Focus, instead of fighting back.]]Without realizing the time, your beeper begins to go off. As you walk down the steps, you can feel a small hand pushing you down as you attempt to gain your footing. As you reach the bottom, your senses are all but gone as your hearing and feeling have completely lost traction. You can only hear chatter in the background but nothing substantial. During this path, the murder has taken place over the hard-wood steps. Unforunately, this doesn't give you many insights into who the killer was.
[[Time to jump forward!]] As you attempt to turn around, a sharp pain in your stomach pulls you back into the bathtub as the shock of the incident starts to blur your eyesight. With your last grasp, you feel two //small//, cold hands holding the back of your neck. Before you fall, you hear a whisper; "sorry sweetie, collaterall damage".
[[Time to jump forward!]]Suddenly, you are back in your office. A group of detectives are hovering over you as you start to take the Virtual Reality headset off. They are laughing. You look in the mirror to reaffirm your true identity. Tears are running down your face. Your Liententant looks at you and asks you one //simple// question. Who killed Abigail Smart?
[[Tommy.]]
[[Committed suicide.]]
[[Justine.]]
[[Logan.]]
Incorrect. However, don't give up! Start the story over to find a different path that may lead to the correct answers.Incorrect. However, don't give up! Start the story over to find a different path that may lead to the correct answers.Correct! Due to the surrounding circustances, you may have come to this answer through different paths and clues. Because of that, the full answer of the crime is not listed in this explanation. You have to find out the answers for yourself! However, depending on your path, Justine's motive will be given to you. Despite the motive, Abigail was an innocent party who became a victim because of Justine's //collateral damage//.
//''I AM A GOOD COP''// "ENDING"Incorrect. However, don't give up! Start the story over to find a different path that may lead to the correct answers.You can't hear anything except the blood splashing onto the bathroom floor. However, as you look down, you notice a "VAPE" Electric Cigerette falling onto the ground. Suddenly, you start to smell something very familiar. Before you can gain any other details, the world goes //black//.
[[Time to jump forward!]]Because of the timing of this path, you have little time to get into bathroom. However, as you rush into the bathroom, a metal object is slammed over your head and knocks you onto the ground. You can only feel the timer going off as your head hits the floor. The smell of blood has blocked out anything else from around you. As you attempt to get up, you are whacked again, ending Abigail's life and your 15 minutes.
[[Time to jump forward!]] You can hear the sounds of someone crying as you walk upstairs. The murder is to take place in a minute so this will be your last chance to gain information. The murder is to take place in the bathroom.
[[Wait in the bathroom for the murderer.]]
[[Walk towards the crying.]]The bathroom is quiet and clean. There isn't any evidence of a crime scene. You look into the mirror and notice a beautiful young female looking back at you. A young woman who will never experience the real world. You notice the mirror is actually a medicine cabinet.
[[Open it.]]
[[Don't open it.]]A girl walks by laughing at your conversation. She begins to tell you about Logan's "secret life". You look at her and she has a look of "contempt" on her face. She asks you if you would like to know more?
[[Yes.]]
[[No.]]He tells you of a night that happened about a month ago. He and a couple of his friends from his football team went out to another party. At this party, he met a girl named Justine, the same girl that was outside arguing with Tommy about ten minutes earlier. He explains the one-night stand that led to a an unplanned pregnancy. However, there seems to be more to the story but you don't have the time to pry. He tells you that the number asking you to come upstairs is in-fact, Justine's phone number.
[[Slowly walk upstairs.]]Tommy throws your hand off his neck and pushes you onto the ground. Tears are running down his face. You begin to see a group of people from the party that are beginning to look over in your direction. As you turn your head back around, Tommy has vanished. Suddenly, your beeper is going off. Ten seconds until the crime.
[[Run upstairs.]]
As you run back upstairs, you hear someone following you. As you reach the bathroom, you turn around and swing your fist at someone. You look at the person and Tommy is looking back at you.
[[Are you my killer?]]`You walk into the bathroom and find a crying Justine waiting for you. She has a knife in her hand and tears running down her face. Before you can question her, the knife is pushed into you. As you fall to the ground, you ask her; "Was he telling the truth?"... She looks to you and whispers into your ear, "you already know the answer to that". She quickly stabs you again and erases your last moment inside of Abigail's mind.
[[Time to jump forward!]] As you quietly enter the bathroom, you look down at your timer which states the Time of Death will take place in less than 30 seconds. Your heart begins to beat as you hear the footsteps creeping closer to the bathroom door. In walks in a small figure, a young girl, tears running down her face. The knife is blocking her face until she moves it away. You can now see the assailant as Justine.
[[Ask her why she wants to kill you.]]You slowly walk into the main bedroom. You can hear a //clang// sound as you get closer to the bedroom. You see a dark figure. The figure is slowly banging his/her head off of the knife and mumbling.
[[Quietly approach the figure.]]As you approach the figure, a wave of hair and wind his you in the face. You can feel the piercing of a blade enter your abdmonen. However, as the hair hits your face, you can smell a small hint of //blueberry// coming off the murderer. As the focus starts to fade out in Abigail's life and bring you back into your own detective's life, you can hear the murderer whispering; "I need him to pay".
[[Time to jump forward!]] She tells you of a night that changed her life forever. As she continues her story, you can sense a look of "relief" passing through her emotions. She explains how Tommy offered her a drink when the two of them were alone. The drink was far from normal as Justine explains the pain in her head and the loss of movement in her legs. She awoke the next morning without any clothes on and bruises down her body. Tommy wasn't there but she had an idea of what had happened to her. She grabbed her clothes and hoped to forget anything the night ever happened. But that changed when her doctor eplained to her of the pregnancy three weeks later. As Justine finishes her story, you can feel the //Time of Death// beeper vibrating in your pocket.
[[Don't attempt to change the past.]]
[[Try to change the past which could alter the future.]]The strength of the past is stronger than Justine's will so you first subdue Justine before she can commit the murder. The timer in your pocket starts to go off as you explain to Justine that you "need her to calm down". You laugh to yourself as you feel that you have altered the past and may have changed the future. However, a sharp sound begins to take control of your hearing. You can feel something changing as you fall to the ground. The word ''ERROR'' appears across your eyesight. You awake in a white room.
[[What is going on?!?!?]]Despite the honest look on Justine's face and the information you have discovered, the strength of the past is too strong to push away. Because of this, Justine still has the hatred implanted into her head that Abigail needs to be killed. You nod your head to Justine as you slowly lose your grasp on Abigail's life.
[[Time to wake up.]]You are suddenly back in the detective's chair. You can see a group of detectives around you wondering what the experience was like and who the murderer of Abigail turned out to be. You have discovered the path through this path. The truth of Justine's rape and pregnancy which resulted in the murder of Abigail Smart. However, Abigail was just //collateral damage// as Justine's true intent was to violate Tommy as she was violated. It is up to you to determine what you would like to do with that information. There are two criminals in this story.
[[Tell the truth and have Justine arrested.]]
[[Lie. Protect Justine but use the information to harm Tommy.]]Justine is arrested for the murder of Abigail Smart. You find Justine married with two children in a beautiful house. She lives a seemingly peaceful life as an interior decorator and a stay-at-home Mom. The father and husband of her and her two children? Tommy.
//''THE TRUTH HURTS''// "ENDING"Tommy is arrested for the rape of Justine and for the murder of Abigail Smart. Due to the information that you put into your report, enough evidence has caused your department to believe that Tommy was the murderer of Abigail. The only person crying as the police take Tommy away are his two children and his wife...... Justine.
//''LOVE IS BLIND''// "ENDING"You awake to a white room without any mirrors. A straight-jacket covers you as you try to struggle for movement. A bright light hits your face as a man with a white jacket walks into the room. He smiles at you with glee as he grabs your head and lifts it in the air.
[[Who are you?]]He smiles and tells you slowly; "we told you not to change the past".
//''MYSTERIOUS''// "ENDING"You find a small knife inside of the medicine cabinet. As you reach for it, someone else knocks into your hand and the knife falls onto the ground. You begin a struggle with an assailant for a couple of minutes, until you finally both are staring at eachother. The assailant is Justine. Despite your efforts to stop the murder, you can sense your vision beginning to fade.
[[Tell me what happened to you.]]You decide not to open it and turn back around. As you turn, you feel the beeper going off. As you reach into your pocket, you hear the mirror's cabinet being opened as a knife plunges into your neck. You fall to the ground with the smell of blueberries covering the air. You can hear crying as the murderer shuffles around the floor, pushing your head against the bathroom rug. You look back to the mirror as it has been turned and notice a woman's figure on top off you. Before you can gain anymore information, it fades away.
[[Time to jump forward!]] You walk up to the bathroom and await your fate. Because of the timing, you won't have enough time to digest the murder. As the murder begins, you are suddenly shot back into your real life.
[[Time to jump forward!]] He looks back at you with a face of "bewilderment" before a knife goes into his body from behind you. You jump back as Tommy falls over in front of you. You see a hooded girl jump on the ground and continue to puncture Tommy with wounds in his stomach and chest. As she lifts her face, you notice it is Justine. She looks at you and says, "he did this to me". Before you can react, Justine stabs you three times your sight into Abigail's life ends abruptly.
[[Awoken.]]She tells you of the answers that are located in his upstairs room. She tells you to look under his bed and in his closet for the answers of the "true Logan". You look down at your beeper which gives you only a few minutes to figure out the murder.
[[I have no other choice.]]She laughs walks by. You look around the party for any clues. You notice a boy laughing at a text message as he looks at you.
[[Aproach him.]]You rush upstairs while nobody is watching and begin to search his belongings. As you throw the stuff from his drawer, you notice the //Time of Death// getting closer and closer. As you reach under Logan's bed, someone interrupts you and throws you from the bed. It's Logan. He pleads with you to let it go and he begs you to leave.
[[Leave.]]
[[Stay and find the truth.]]As you leave his room, you notice a small shadow sneaking into the bathroom. Her hair is long and wavey. As you open the door, you can smell the scent of blueberries. You notice the light is on and enter the bathroom.
[[Here goes nothing.]]You apologise to Logan but continue to search under the bed. As you do, you begin to grab hold of magazines from underneath a suitcase. As you begin to pull the magazines out, Logan beings to scream; "Okay! I am gay!". You pull out the magazines to find out that Logan was definitely telling the truth. He begs you to keep his secrecy.
[[Not a problem. Time to leave.]]The light immediately shuts off as you enter the bathroom. You can feel the pain of the knife enter your stomach and a young girl crying as she continues the crime. She whispers into your ear,"collateral damage". The pain goes away and the screen goes black.
[[Time to jump forward!]] As you walk down the hall, you can still hear Logan crying. Before you can react, a knife enters into your back and sends you onto the ground. Since the crime isn't taking place in the bathroom, where it was supposed to happen, the job is rushed. The knife is quickly forced into Abigail's body until you can see nothing but "black".
[[Time to jump forward!]] He denies everything before eventually showing you the text message. The text shows Abigail and Tommy involved in a "sexting" conversation. It seems something that most teenagers nowadays have been involved with but could also have some answers into Abigail's death.
[[Question the boy.]]
[[Go ask Tommy.]]The boy tells you about Tommy releasing the conversation to the class just last week. He recalls you(Abigail) crying in the hallway and arguing with students over the text messages. He begins to laugh as he continues to read the messages.
[[Smack him in the face.]]
[[Walk upstairs as you read the messages.]]You find Tommy drunk, outside, screaming at Justine. Tommy quickly sees you and puts his arm around you as he pushes Justine away from him. Tommy screams at Justine, "You don't get it bitch". Justine walks by and whispers into your ear, "you will both pay for this". A sharp shiver shoots around your back. You completely forget to ask Tommy about the texts. Suddenly, you lose control of Abigail. You watch and witness Abigail as she eventually decides to use the upstairs bathroom and is unaware of the reality that is about to hit her.
You can only watch as Justine finds her in the bathroom and begins to stab her for the "justice" she feels she deserves. You aren't sure of the whole story but neither was Abigail. This path is the exact crime as it took place. Abigail looked in the mirror as Justine decided to murder her, only to beg for her life as Justine finished the crime. The murder was cold and heartless as Abigail had nothing but unanswered questions to fill her last breath.
//''ABIGAIL'S LAST 15 MINUTES''// "ENDING"After you are done. You take his phone and walk upstairs, anyway.
[[Walk upstairs as you read the messages.]] As you look through the messages, you notice some others that Tommy also released. The messages were of Abigail and the pain she felt throughout their relationship. Could the hidden answer really be that Abigail committed suicide?
[[I have to find out.]]You quickly rush into the bathroom to search for any evidence that Abigail could have used for a murder made to look like a suicide. You see a pill bottle inside of the medicine cabinet, however, as you open the cabinet, a sharp blade enters into your back and sends you onto the ground. The shock of the incident blocks out your other senses and stops you from gaining any additional information. You just look up at the ceiling as Abigail's world fades away.
//''THIS IS A HARSH WORLD''// "ENDING"As you jam the door open. The young girl knocks you on your butt as she runs passed you in a "panic". A tear from her face hits you as she runs by. All you can see inside of the car is a young man pulling up his pants. You look down at your //Time of Death// beeper and it states you only have a few minutes before the end of your vision. You continue back to the party before two bullets shatter the sky and enter into the back of you. You can feel yourself lose motion in your spine as you fall to the ground. A man walks over and puts his head towards yours and whispers, "should of minded your own fucking business." Without a second breath, the final bullet enters into your brain and snaps you out of Abigail's life, leaving you with no answers.
//''DON'T BE A HERO''// "ENDING".As you walks outside, you ask him about the information he has for you. However, he seems to be thinking differently as he begins to grope you(Abigail) in a way that bothers you dearly. You quickly grab his hand and begin to crush his fingers before he spits out a bit of information about a "meeting" he saw earlier between Abigail's boyfriend, Tommy, and Justine. You let go of his fingers and he tells you about the conversation between the two of them which involved Tommy pleading for Justine's forgiveness and how Tommy seemed to be discussing Abigail with Justine. The squirly boy quickly runs away before you abuse him any further.
[[What does it mean?]]You ponder over the conversation and what it could mean as you go upstairs. The adrenaline is still pumping through you as you make your way through the hall. As you open the bathroom, the knife pierces through your back. However, the adrenaline gives you the strength to turn around, giving you the full focus of Justine with a knife. You can only get out one more word before your death.
[[Why?]]
[[Forgive.]]She puts her face towards you and whispers into your ear, "Tommy told me about your plan", she says, "how you helped him commit the rape". Before you can react, Abigail's vision has vanished.
//''TOMMY IS THE CAUSE'// "ENDING"Justine begins to cry as she tries to stop herself from committing the murder. However, her attempts are pointless. As you fade away from Abigail's world, you find yourself overwhelmed with forgiveness for Justine.
//''FORGIVENESS''// "ENDING"She nods her head before falling to the ground. As she lays on the ground, you can hear her whispering. As you get closer to make sure you can understand her, Justine grabs for the knife and sticks it into your neck. However, as you fade away, she bends down to whisper one final statement into your ear, "you knew he was a monster", she says, "but did nothing to stop him". Before you can respond, your world goes black.
//''TRUTH HURTS''// "ENDING"You awake in the police examination room with the most important answer but without the other pieces of the puzzle. It is up to you if that really matters.
//''HALF-WAY THERE'// "ENDING"